Russell Gewirtz

Birth : 1967-01-01, Great Neck, New York, USA

History

Russell Gewirtz (born 1967 in Great Neck, New York) is an American screenwriter, best known for writing the screenplay for Spike Lee's Inside Man.

Movies

Righteous Kill

Writer

Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?

Inside Man

Writer

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

North Hollywood

Writer

Heavily-armed bank robbers face off against the LAPD in a deadly shootout in the San Fernando Valley in 1997.